
英:/'brɪŋk/ 美:/'brɪŋk/
邊緣
複數:brinks
CET6,GRE
n. (峭壁的)邊緣
n. (Brink)人名;(德、英、荷、丹、瑞典)布林克
The car accident happened to her family member brought her to the brink of collapse.
家裡親人發生的車禍讓她的精神瀕于崩潰。
There is a colorful flower blooming on the brink of the cliff.
懸崖邊緣處開着一朵五彩斑斓的花。
He seemed to be standing on the brink of the abyss.
他似乎站在深淵的邊緣。
You are on the brink of an abyss. It's dangerous.
你站在一個深淵的邊緣 太危險了
Few believed deeply in 2008 that the American financial system was on the brink of collapse.
沒有人相信2008年美國的金融體系會瀕臨崩潰。
Scientists were on the brink of a great discovery.
科學家們将有重大發現。
The company has been on the brink of going bankrupt a few times.
這家公司有好幾次瀕臨破産。
You may expect the country's transportation system to teeter on the brink of crashing, but China's infrastructure is remarkably sound.
你可能會認為中國的交通系統即将崩潰,但實際上中國的基礎設施非常堅實。
I think you're on the brink of becoming a workaholic. Just let your hair down and relax.
我覺得你快變成工作狂了。趕緊好好放松放松吧。
He was driven to the brink of madness.
他被逼到了瘋狂的邊緣。
Civilization is on the brink of apocalypse.
文明已瀕臨毀滅的邊緣。
The church seems to be on the brink of schism.
該教會看來處于分裂的邊緣。
The hotel is teetering on the brink of bankruptcy.
這家旅館正瀕臨破産。
The country is teetering on the brink of civil war.
這個國家正處在内戰的邊緣。
on the brink of
瀕于,瀕臨;在…的邊緣
n.|margin/suburb/beaded edge;(峭壁的)[地理]邊緣
"brink" 是一個名詞,指物體或情境的極端邊緣,通常帶有即将發生重大變化的緊迫感。其核心含義可分為兩方面:
字面意義
指陡峭或危險地形的邊緣,例如懸崖、河岸等物理邊界。例如:"The hiker stood on the brink of the canyon, peering into the depths below."(登山者站在峽谷邊緣,凝視下方的深淵。)此類用法常見于地理或自然環境的描述中,來源可參考《牛津英語詞典》對"brink"的釋義¹。
比喻意義
描述事物處于關鍵轉折點,尤指負面事件即将爆發前的臨界狀态。例如:"The two nations were on the brink of war due to escalating tensions."(由于緊張局勢升級,兩國處于戰争邊緣。)這一含義在政治、經濟或社會議題分析中被廣泛使用,劍橋詞典将其定義為"a critical point where something is about to begin or change drastically"²。
在詞源上,"brink"源于中古荷蘭語"brink"(意為"草地邊緣"),後融入英語并擴展出抽象含義。與近義詞"edge"相比,"brink"更強調臨近變化的危險性,如"on the brink of collapse"(瀕臨崩潰)隱含不可逆的危機,而"on the edge of discovery"(接近發現)則傾向中性或積極語境³。
參考資料
Brink 是一個名詞,通常指某種臨界狀态或物理邊緣,具體含義和用法如下:
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